1 2 Birds Every Child Should Know 
As you might expect of creatures so heavenly 
in colour, the disposition of bluebirds is partic- 
ularly angelic. Gentleness and amiability are 
expressed in their soft, musical voice. Tru-al- 
ly, tru-al-ly, they sweetly assert when we 
can scarcely believe that spring is here; and 
tur-wee, tur-wee they softly call in autumn when 
they go roaming through the country side in 
flocks of azure, or whirl through Southern woods 
to feed on the waxy berries of the mistletoe. 
THE WOOD THRUSH 
Called also: Song Thrush; Wood Robin; Bell 
Bird 
Much more shy and reserved than the social, 
democratic robin is his cousin the wood thrush, 
whom, perhaps, you more frequently hear than 
see. Not that he is a recluse, like the hermit 
thrush, who hides his nest and lifts up his 
heavenly voice in deep, cool, forest solitudes; 
nor is he even so shy as Wilson’s thrush, who 
prefers to live in low, wet, densely overgrown 
Northern woods. The wood thrush, as his name 
implies, certainly likes the woodland, but very 
often he chooses to stay close to our country and 
suburban homes or within city parks with a more 
than half-hearted determination to be friendly. 
